The Department of Homeland Security has fired off a desperate plea: do not let this man walk free. A Nicaraguan national, accused of preying on the most vulnerable, sits in a Wisconsin jail cell—and federal agents are terrified he might slip out the back door.
Julio Cesar Morales-Jarquin, 31, faces two counts of second-degree sexual assault of an elderly victim. Police arrested him last month after a residential care facility in Fitchburg reported that an employee may have assaulted residents who could barely defend themselves.
ICE issued a detainer on April 27, demanding Morales-Jarquin stay locked up. But Dane County has a reputation—one that sends chills through immigration enforcement. They call it a "sanctuary jurisdiction," and officials there have given ICE as little as thirty minutes to swoop in and grab a detainee before releasing them.
Now DHS is screaming for cooperation. They point out that Morales-Jarquin entered the United States in 2023 under a now-defunct humanitarian parole program for Nicaragua. After the program ended, he simply stayed—unlawfully.
Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis didn't mince words. "This dirtbag was released into the country by the Biden Administration," she said. "We need Wisconsin sanctuary politicians to cooperate with us to remove criminals from our country."
The accusation is chilling: a caretaker allegedly turned predator inside an assisted living facility. DHS insists that letting this man back onto the streets would be a catastrophic failure of justice.
